Suppose That There Is a General Feeling in Certain Parts

question 73

Multiple Choice

Suppose that there is a general feeling in certain parts of the country that judges should be elected rather than appointed.A system of electing judges can be introduced only through a constitutional amendment.This means that

• A)there must be unanimous agreement by all of the provincial legislatures.
• B)the federal Parliament can adopt the new system as long as there is majority support in both the House of Commons and the Senate.
• C)the prime minister must call an election.
• D)the new system must be supported by at least half the provinces,and those provinces must contain at least two-thirds of the country's population.
• E)the new system must be supported by Parliament,plus two-thirds of the provinces,where those consenting provinces represent at least half of the Canadian population.

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Definitions:

Place Theory

A theory in hearing that suggests different areas of the cochlea respond to different frequencies, enabling the perception of pitch.

Frequency

The rate at which something occurs over a particular period of time or in a given sample, often used to describe the number of waves that pass a fixed point in a specific time in physics.

Electrochemical Transmission

It refers to the process by which nerve cells communicate with each other through the exchange of chemical messengers across a synapse, facilitated by electrical impulses.

Auditory Pathway

The series of structures and processes through which sound waves are transformed into electrical signals in the brain, enabling hearing.